The above image has been floating around the internet in various forms for a little while and I usually ignore this kind of cuteness. But I really like it! Maybe it’s that I’m a new dog owner. Maybe it’s that God has been working on me regarding my cynicism. Or maybe it’s because the sentiment is really, really true.
I have a dog that loves to run. When she runs full tilt she looks like she is hovering over the ground like a low flying plane. It’s why I call her Daisy the Wonder Dog. If I leave the gate open long enough, she will make a break for it. She really can’t help it, and I don’t blame her. When she’s running like that, she’s doing what she was made to do and it’s an absolute joy to watch.
I’ve begun a sermon series at the church called “What If”. I’m essentially asking a series of What If questions that amount to wondering what the Christian life would be like if the gospel were really true. I like the format of “what if” questions because they invite us to dream and imagine instead of making us feel like we aren’t up to snuff. I’m discovering that thinking this way is making room in my soul to believe God for this kind of life with Him.
This week’s What If was this:
“What if your dreams for your life were more than weak and misguided attempts to define yourself by something other than Jesus’ love and mercy towards you. What if your dreams for your life actually reflected the glory that God designed you for.
What if your dreams actually fit the “You” God made, instead of the “You” that has been shaped by brokenness and cynism?”







